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Free at Last: We Earn Our 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Status

Christine Santoro, Esq.

August 6, 2013

I am pleased to announce to our readers that the IRS has granted our 7-year old organization full unbridled tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as a public charity. This brings to a close an application review that consumed over 6 years—one of the longest for a public benefits non-profit … Continued

The Gift Has Arrived: Our Exempt Status After 6 Years

Gregory Miller

August 6, 2013

Today is a bit of a historical point for us: we can publicly announce the news of the IRS finally granting our tax exempt status. The digital age is wreaking havoc, however, on the PR and news processes. In fact, we knew about this nearly 2 weeks ago, but due to a number of legal … Continued

For (Digital) Poll Books — Custody Matters!

Gregory Miller

March 14, 2013

Today, I am presenting at the annual Elections Verification Conference in Atlanta, GA and my panel is discussing the good, the bad, and the ugly about the digital poll book (often referred to as the “e-pollbook”). For our casual readers, the digital poll book or “DPB” is—as you might assume—a digital relative of the paper … Continued

Open Source and Cloud Computing for Government: One Good Fit

John Sebes

March 5, 2013

OSDV’s own Anne O’Flaherty presented at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last week to a workshop on common data formats for election data interchange. As readers will know, we did a pile of work with Virginia State Board of Elections (SBE) this past year. Anne led that project, and her presentation was … Continued

Poster and Slides from OSDV at NIST Workshop on Common Data Format Standards

John Sebes

February 26, 2013

Many thanks to the engaged audience for OSDVer Anne O’Flaherty’s presentation yesterday at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which hosted a workshop on Common Data Formats (CDFs) and standards for data interchange of election data. We had plenty to say, based on our 2012 work with Virginia State Board of Elections (SBE), because … Continued

“Why is There a Voting Tech Logjam in Washington

John Sebes

January 23, 2013

“Why is There a Voting Tech Logjam?” — that’s a good question! A full answer has several aspects, but one of them is the acitivty (or in-activity) at the Federal level, that leads to very limited options in election tech. For a nice pithy explanation of that aspect, check out the current issue of the … Continued

TrustTheVote’s Next Steps in Online Voter Registration Technology

John Sebes

January 21, 2013

In this New Year, there are so many new opportunties for election tech work that our collective TrustTheVote head is spinning. But this week anyway, we’re focused on next steps in our online voter registration (OVR) work — planning sessions last week, meetings with state election officials this week, and I hope as a result, … Continued

Vote Adding Machine Problems in FL — We Have to Fix That!

John Sebes

November 15, 2012

Despite today’s blog docket being for RockTheVote, I just can’t resist pointing out a recurring type of technology-triggered election dysfunction that is happening again, and is 100% preventable using election technology that we have already developed. Here’s the scoop: in St. Lucie County, Florida, the LEOs are having trouble coming up with a county wide … Continued

NYT: Smartphone Voting? TrustTheVote: No, But How About This … DIY Voter Lookup

John Sebes

November 13, 2012

Much as I admire everybody at the New York Times, I have to disagree with Nick Bilton on his piece Disruptions: Casting a Ballot by Smartphone. I have to say I don’t blame him though, especially given the broad range of coverage of the many many kinds election dysfunction that occured and are still occuring … Continued

The Root Cause — Long Lines, Late Ballot Counts, and Election Dysfunction in General

John Sebes

November 12, 2012

I’ve spent a fair bit of time over the last few days digesting a broad range of media responses to last week’s election’s operation, much it reaction to President Obama’s “we’ve got to fix that” comment in his acceptance speech. There’s a lot of complaining about the long lines, for example, demands for explanation of … Continued

Building the People’s Voting System

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Free at Last: We Earn Our 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Status

Christine Santoro, Esq.

The Gift Has Arrived: Our Exempt Status After 6 Years

Gregory Miller

For (Digital) Poll Books — Custody Matters!

Gregory Miller

Poster and Slides from OSDV at NIST Workshop on Common Data Format Standards

John Sebes

“Why is There a Voting Tech Logjam in Washington

John Sebes

TrustTheVote’s Next Steps in Online Voter Registration Technology

John Sebes

Vote Adding Machine Problems in FL — We Have to Fix That!

John Sebes

NYT: Smartphone Voting? TrustTheVote: No, But How About This … DIY Voter Lookup

John Sebes

The Root Cause — Long Lines, Late Ballot Counts, and Election Dysfunction in General

John Sebes

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